Politics

RIVERS: FUBARA ACCUSES NWAEKE OF UNDERMINING TINUBU’S PEACE PROCESS, DISMISSES ALLEGATION Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed allegations made against him by Dr. George Nwaeke, the former Head of Service, calling them false, misleading, and politically motivated. In a statement released on Saturday, March 29, 2025, Fubara reacted to claims aired on Channels Television a day earlier, in …

NATASHA’S RECALL: OPPONENTS SCALE SIX HURDLES, FOUR MORE TO GO GOING by the provisions of Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, those seeking to recall Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from the Senate have 10 hurdles to scale. Currently, the opponents of the lawmaker have surmounted three of …

ELECTED LABOUR PARTY MEMBERS FAIL TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS – ABURE PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY The national chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius has frowned against instigation of parallel structures by some party leaders, warning that such anti party activities must surely attract grave consequences. The national chairman also revealed that elected members of the Labour Party have …

TINUBU REWARDS APC NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, STATE PARTY CHAIRMEN WITH BOARD APPOINTMENTS President Bola Tinubu has appointed the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. …

DOUBLE -MOUTHED BEN MURRAY-BRUCE – AKPABIO IS UNDEMOCRATIC; AKPABIO, MAN OF UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER Ben Murray-Bruce, a former senator who represented Bayelsa East Senatorial District in Bayelsa State, has described Senate President Godswill Akpabio as “a man of unimpeachable good character”. Via X on Thursday, the former lawmaker claimed Akpabio was without blemish and has come out clean despite claims to …

SDP DISOWNS EL-RUFAI, SAYS HE IS NOT A REGISTERED MEMBER The Kaduna State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former governor Nasir El-Rufai, stating that he is not a recognized member of the party in Kaduna State. El-Rufai and some member of the All Progressives Congress dumped the ruling party for the SDP. The former governor cited a …

US CUTS FUNDING FOR WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his “America First” economic policies. It plans to quit some, …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

WHY AKPABIO WON’T REACT TO ATIKU’S CORRUPTION, SEX HARASSMENT ALLEGATION -;MEDIA AIDE Eseme Eyiboh, media aide to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said his principal respects ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and will, therefore, not respond to Atiku’s claim of corruption and sexual abuse against him. Eyiboh stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. He was …